Stephen Carter Quotes
In contemporary American culture, the religions are more and more treated as just passing beliefs - almost as fads - rather than as the fundaments upon which the devout build their lives.
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There are minds so impatient of inferiority that their gratitude is a species of revenge, and they return benefits, not because recompense is a pleasure, but because obligation is a pain.
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I had a sense of what leadership meant and what it could do for you. So am I surprised that I am sitting up here on the 62nd floor of Rockefeller Plaza? No.
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People on television have trouble with fame because audiences think they're their mates.
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Not long ago I made a list of Doc Ford books I would like to do, and I came up with 11 pretty easily. I like to let the characters go their own ways and see what happens. I find them fascinating.
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I used to enjoy bad television, like really bad quiz programmes or sitcoms.
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All of the religions are looking after the poor. At least leave me alone to look after the rich. I am the rich man's guru.
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I've always tried to be fair, even-handed, not an advocate for any group.
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We are so isolated in our own little worlds, in our own little geographies, that it's pretty hard to understand where someone else is coming from. And so I think that we have to really think about what that means as a country and, frankly, whether this segregation that we have is durable over the long run.
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I've been watching 'Californication' since the pilot aired and had always thought that it would be so much fun to guest star on.
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Every one desires to live long, but no one would be old.
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The one thing coaches cannot tolerate... is the individual who grows arrogant because he excelled at a lower level and believes he has nothing else to learn.
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Stop allowing yourself to focus on depressing life circumstances - including focusing on being depressed about your weight. All this negative focus will only lead you to feeling bummed and wanting to pig out. Instead, consciously focus on happy life circumstances you enjoy doing, and create more of them!
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There is only one class in the community that thinks more about money than the rich, and that is the poor. The poor can think of nothing else.
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There is no such thing as absolute proof. There is only evidence.
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Whether life is worth living depends on whether there is love in life.
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I voted for Barack because he was black. 'Cuz that's why other folks vote for other people - because they look like them... That's American politics, pure and simple.
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Any change in routine was terrifying, even if it involved less violence rather than more.
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It's such a great feeling to make people laugh. I know I've made people cry or want to slit their wrists, but to make people laugh is a very intoxicating, wonderful thing.
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Once a president gets to the White House, the only audience that is left that really matters is history.
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Strictly speaking, relativism does not permit social progress, because the new culture is by definition no better than the one it replaced.
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Good moral character is not something that we can achieve on our own. We need a culture that supports the conditions under which self-love and friendship flourish.
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To be honest, I tend to romanticize the past, and though I appreciate all the conveniences of modern life, sometimes I yearn for simpler times.
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To the optimist, obstacles aare challenges, roadblocks are inspirations, and problems are invitations to achievement.
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In contemporary American culture, the religions are more and more treated as just passing beliefs - almost as fads - rather than as the fundaments upon which the devout build their lives.
